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Gateway students honor workers with meal
Approximately 20 students at Gateway High School who belong to this year’s Chick-fil-A Leader Academy provided lunch for workers within the school they felt were underappreciated. In attendance were cafeteria workers, custodians, secretaries, police officers, technology staff, the school nurse and administration....
Grapeville residents banding together to save ball field
Community members may have thrown their last pitch last summer at a Grapeville ball field after residents say members of the fire department sold the land. The field, at 1260 Toledo St. in Hempfield, has been a staple in the community and is utilized by an adult coed team, said...
Christian Layman volunteer Wayne Clemens, 85, wins volunteer of the year awardVideo
For 15 years, Wayne Clemens has loaded trucks full of clothes and furniture, preparing to deliver the donated items to charities as far as West Virginia and Kentucky. The 85-year-old Hempfield resident has been a staple at Greensburg’s Christian Layman store, making deliveries, maintaining trucks and keeping them up-to-date on...
Allegheny County Health Department warns of bad air quality in region
The Allegheny County Health Department is advising residents of poor air quality as warmer temperatures linger in the region. Temperature inversions — when warm air traps cold air and pollutants close to the surface, often causing bad smells like sulfur or rotten eggs — have impacted air quality across Allegheny...
Troopers make surprise visit to Hempfield familyVideo
Onlookers would have thought Santa started his rounds early Monday afternoon when seven state police patrol cars and SUVs with emergency lights flashing and a siren blaring turned down Matteo Court in Hempfield and pulled into a driveway where 10-year-olds Payton and Riley Johnson and their brother, Ayden, 13, were...
Jefferson Hills real estate tax to remain the same
Real estate taxes will remain the same for Jefferson Hills residents in 2020. Borough council on Dec. 9 approved the municipality’s spending plan that includes a $10.7 million general fund. The real estate tax rate will stay at 5.66 mills. Property owners with a home assessed at $100,000 will pay...
Allegheny County residents can recycle Christmas trees at parks
Allegheny County residents can recycle their Christmas trees at nine regional parks starting Dec. 26, the county announced Monday. Trees, which will be used for mulch in county parks, can be dropped from 8 a.m. until dusk through Jan. 14. Lights and decorations must be removed prior to drop-off. The...
PennDOT: Expect heavy delays after crash in inbound Squirrel Hill tunnel
No one was hurt in a crash Monday afternoon in the inbound lanes of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, a state police spokeswoman said. The crash was reported to Allegheny County 911 at 1:45 p.m., and involved multiple vehicles, a 911 shift commander said. The vehicles involved were cleared from the...
New Kensington Council schedules special meeting to adopt budget, tax increase
New Kensington Council has scheduled a special meeting to adopt the city’s 2020 budget, which includes a proposed property tax increase. Council will meet at 5 p.m. Dec. 30 in council chambers at city hall, 301 11th St. Council earlier this month approved an $8.1 million preliminary budget that would...
14 pounds of sugar used in gingerbread replicas of Pittsburgh City-County Building
Building two gingerbread replicas of Pittsburgh’s City-County Building was nearly as complicated as erecting the actual building. Hampton artist Mary Jo Dowling used original photographs, 1915 architectural drawings and a laser cutter at a Carnegie Mellon University robotics lab in Lawrenceville to construct the two scale models from 14 edible...
Harrison police arrest 3 teens suspected in car, purse thefts
A New Kensington-area teen is accused of throwing an unloaded gun at police as they pursued him and two other teens in connection with the theft of a purse last week in Harrison. That didn’t stop police from arresting the teens on Dec. 17, a day after police said they...
Export fire destroys garage, damages home, sends firefighter for medical care
A family of four was displaced and a firefighter was transported by ambulance when a Monday afternoon blaze destroyed an Export garage and extensively damaged an adjoining home. The blaze was reported just before 1:30 p.m. on Arthur Street. The garage was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, according to...
Monroeville man, woman charged in Murrysville liquor thefts
A Monroeville man and woman were charged with taking more than $400 in alcohol from a Murrysville Fine Wine & Good Spirits store around Thanksgiving. Kevin Livsey, 55, and Tiffany Springer-Livsey, 47, are accused by police of thefts on Nov. 25, 27 and 29 from the store in the Blue...
Police: Beltzhoover woman tried to rob Mt. Washington gas station
A 26-year-old Beltzhoover woman was arrested by Pittsburgh police early Monday morning and charged with robbing a Mt. Washington gas station, public safety spokesman Chris Togneri said. Lesha Marie Peterson went into the Virginia Avenue gas station about 5:45 a.m., placed items on the counter, said she didn’t want to...
North Huntingdon woman accused of obstruction in case against husband
A North Huntingdon woman is accused by Westmoreland County detectives of obstructing the prosecution of child rape allegations against her husband, according to court papers. Kelley Jo Wilbanks, 40, was charged Friday with hindering prosecution, child endangerment and obstructing law enforcement. John M. Wilbanks, 38, was arrested Oct. 29 by...
Pittsburgh police nab man wanted for Downtown parking garage robbery
A 21-year-old Pittsburgh man sought for a Dec. 6 robbery at a parking garage in Downtown Pittsburgh was arrested Saturday, Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said. Michael Lipovsik III is facing charges of robbery and possessing instruments of crime in the case, according to online court records....
Pittsburgh zoo welcomes new clouded leopard cubsVideo
Meet the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s newest clouded leopard cubs. Parents Saya and Pi welcomed their second litter of cubs on Nov. 27. Saya gave birth to two other cubs in March, but one of those cubs died shortly after birth. “The two cubs are healthy and doing well,”...
Winning $1.28M lottery ticket sold at Penn Hills store
A winning lottery ticket worth $1.28 million was sold at a Shop ‘N Save store in Penn Hills, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Monday. The Match 6 lotto ticket matched all six numbers in Sunday’s drawing — 5, 9, 21, 22, 23, and 37 — to win the jackpot. The $2...
Monroeville street temporarily closed
Monroeville officials announced Monday a section of Abers Creek Road will be closed for the day. An alert notified residents the road between Northern Pike and Cavitt Road will be closed and to “avoid the area.” An additional alert was sent Dec. 20 indicating the same section would be closed...
Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies distribute free poinsettias in Downtown PittsburghVideo
Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies were out in force Monday morning on Forbes Avenue between the Allegheny County Courthouse and the City-County Building. They stopped passing motorists, asking them to roll down their windows to accept a free poinsettia. It’s something the office has done that last four or five years...
Pittsburgh announces Christmas tree recycling locations
Pittsburgh is expanding its Christmas tree recycling program this year to include 12 drop-0ff locations across the city. Residents must remove all ornaments, netting, tinsel and tree stands before depositing trees at recycling locations. The trees will be chipped for pine mulch and offered to residents in the spring. City...
Westmoreland prison inmate accused again of possessing contraband
A Westmoreland County Prison inmate accused earlier this month of smuggling Suboxone and synthetic marijuana through the mail was charged again Thursday after jail guards said they found him with more contraband. Hugh J. Hawkey Jr., 44, was charged by county detectives with manufacturing, possession and delivery of a controlled...
Gas prices expected to end year on downward path, analyst says
The national average price of gasoline has seen its seventh weekly decline, falling to a new low since March, according to price tracking service GasBuddy. While average prices in the Pittsburgh area and nationally are lower than they were a month ago, both are notably higher than a year ago....
Overturned tractor-trailer blocks turnpike lane between Donegal and Somerset
All lanes are open again on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Donegal, though drivers should be cautious of crews working on the shoulder to clean up after a tractor-trailer overturned Monday morning, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Nobody was hurt in the crash, which happened between the Donegal and Somerset...
Christmas tree recycling sites opening soon in Westmoreland
Live Christmas trees can be recycled starting Thursday at several locations around Westmoreland County. Trees that are recycled will be chipped into mulch and spread at community parks, rather than taking up space at a landfill if they are thrown out with the trash, according to Westmoreland Cleanways. One tree...
